Wednesday, November 06, 2024
Books read in 2024: No. 46 -- Son of A Wanted Man
Monday, November 04, 2024
Beer of the Week Blast from the Past: Wychwood Brewery Old Devil Beer
Monday, October 28, 2024
Books read in 2024: No. 45 -- Showdown at Yellow Butte
Beer of the Week: Czechvar Original
Beer score: 8.0
Company: Czechvar
ABV: 5.0
IBU: 22
Sometimes sold under the name "Budvar" this is one of three beers in the world that at one place or another had had the name of "Budweiser." Yes, for those of you who might not know, the beer in the U.S. known as Budweiser is not the only, for the original, brew with that name. In fact, the name was taken from two other beers in Europe. This particular beer is sold under the name "Czechvar" in North America for legal purposes, but uses different names in the rest of the world.
And this particular beer is what premium American beers only dream they could be.
Very refreshing and light looking, pours with a golden sheen with a big, white head while giving off scents of grains and maybe a little butter.
Goes down silky smooth with more of those grains in the taste, along with hints of citrus and perhaps caramel.
If you see it, purchase it. It's worth having.
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Books read in 2024: No. 44 -- 10,000 Ways to Die
Monday, October 21, 2024
Beer of the Week: Yuengling Flight
Beer score: 3.0
Company: Yuengling
ABV: 4.2
IBU: 7
Pours a very light golden color, which is what you might expect from most light beers, which this is. Has plenty of head, which is not unusual for a light beer, yet there's not a lot of carbonation in the drinking here. In fact, this beer is almost flat.
The smell is weak. Maybe a little grassy, maybe a little yeasty, but not much.
The taste is also pretty weak, though not awful. Somewhat very and fairly smooth, but any flavor is almost nonexistent. Perhaps a little bread-like taste, but otherwise it tastes like a cheap light beer but without the usual carbonation.
Meh, nothing here excites me, but if you're looking for a smooth light beer, you could do worse.
Monday, October 14, 2024
Beer of the Week: Fraoch Heather Ale
Beer score: 5.5
Company: Williams Bros. Brewing Co.
ABV: 5.0
IBU: 12
Heather ale is a Scottish brew made from heather flowers and Scottish malts.
This brew had a slight vinegar scent when I poured it, but there's not much of that in the tasting. Over all, the smell is very faint, slightly sweet with perhaps hints of honey.
Has an interesting mixed flavor of sweet and bitter with a flowery taste. There's more of that honey along with some herbal and flowery flavoring.
Not a superb brew, but not a bad one. Non beer snobs will probably find this most unusual.
Worth tasting for its uniqueness, but I don't think it's worth being a regular drinking beer.